McAleenan vs Mankinen

Who won McAleenan vs Mankinen?

Decky McAleenan beat Ville Mankinen by knockout in the 2nd round during the main card of Cage Warriors 170, on Saturday 6th April 2024 at Simmonscourt Ros in Dublin.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

McAleenan vs Mankinen stats

Decky McAleenan stepped into the octagon with a record of 8 wins, 5 losses and 1 draw, 3 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.

Ville Mankinen made his way to the cage with a record of 5 wins, 3 losses and 1 draw, 1 of those win coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

Decky McAleenan's Cage Warriors record stood at 5-4-1, while Ville Mankinen's came in at 0-2-0.

The stats suggested McAleenan had an advantage in power over Mankinen, with a 38% knock out percentage over Mankinen's 20%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Mankinen had a slight advantage over McAleenan, with a 60% submission rate over McAleenan's 50%.

Decky McAleenan was the older man by 32 years, at 32 years old.

McAleenan had a height advantage of 3 inches over Mankinen.

McAleenan was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 5 more fights, and made his debut in 2015, 1 year and 8 months earlier than Mankinen, whose first professional fight was in 2017. He had fought 7 more professional rounds, 30 to Mankinen's 23.

McAleenan vs Mankinen form

Decky McAleenan had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Wasi Adeshina at Cage Warriors 153 on 29th April 2023 by submission in the 1st round at 3Arena, Dublin, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had lost to Tobias Harila at Cage Warriors 134 on 18th March 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at 02 Arena, London, London.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Stevie McIntosh at Cage Warriors 125 on 26th June 2021 by submission in the 2nd round at York Hall, London.

Before that, he had beaten Adam Ventre at Cage Warriors 118 on 11th December 2020 by submission in the 2nd round at York Hall, London, England.

He had been defeated by Tom Mearns at Cage Warriors on 6th September 2019 by split decision in their 3 round contest at BT Studio, Stratford.

Activity check

McAleenan's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 8 months and 2 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 7 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

What were the odds on McAleenan vs Mankinen?

Decky McAleenan was a 6/5 (+120) underdog going into the contest, while Ville Mankinen made his way into the ring at 8/13 (-160) with oddsmakers.